Davey Martinez’s club scored 10 runs on 14 hits last night, in a 10-4 win over the Atlanta Braves, and the Washington Nationals were 7 for 24 (24?) overall with runners in scoring position and nine left on base.
The defending World Series champs connected for five doubles on the night, but scored all their runs without a home run, which might be a new reality for the lineup with the available options.
“I told the guys, with our lineup right now, without [Juan] Soto, and some of the big boys in there, we have to try to manufacture runs,” Martinez said after the game.